IT Project Manager

Risk And Regulatory Project Manager

Hybrid role

Summary Oversee delivery of Risk and Regulatory initiatives by managing project scope, timelines, cross-functional coordination, and stakeholder engagement. Ensure business needs are accurately translated into functional requirements and that implemented solutions align with organizational goals.

Responsibilities

• Engage with business users for requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation, user acceptance testing, and post-production support.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across geographies, including developers, QA, SMEs, and senior management.
• Conduct root cause analysis, gap analysis, and current-state vs. future-state assessments to define optimal solutions.
• Analyze business processes, recommend improvements, and translate business needs into clear IT requirements.
• Oversee testing, training, and change-management activities during project rollout.
• Provide regular updates to senior management on risks, issues, and action plans.
• Manage complex tasks with minimal supervision and communicate effectively with both business and technical teams.

Skills & Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience in large financial institutions with a focus on regulatory initiatives (CCAR, FRTB, etc).
• Hands-on experience with Risk and Regulatory implementations, including support for reporting and related documentation.
• Strong understanding of Credit Risk, financial instruments, market data sources, trading systems, and risk governance processes.
• Ability to synthesize complex technical and financial concepts and communicate them clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, multi-tasking, prioritization, and follow-through skills with high accountability.
• Proven ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously and engage effectively with executives, managers, and SMEs.
• Knowledge of project management frameworks (Waterfall, Agile) and proficiency with project management and collaboration tools (Jira, MS Project, Confluence, ServiceNow, Visio, Excel).
• Proficiency in SQL; knowledge of Databricks is desirable.
• Strong leadership, relationship management, emotional intelligence, and stakeholder-management capabilities.
• Understanding of financial operations, MIS, data management, and reporting processes within commercial and investment banking.
• BA/BS degree required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.